I was just thinking about the UN and its representation the other day. If Kofi Annan is in a position to govern anything, who in the heck elected him?
Unless I missed that line on the ballot, UN representatives are appointed to their position. I suppose it could be argued that they are just like US Senators before the 17th Amendment, but those Senators were appointed by an elected body and thus represented the will of the voters, kind of like the President's cabinet.
I guess this works for the US representative to the UN, but in countries without democracy or representation, UN appointees must be cronies of the King, Dictator, Ruling Party, whatever. How in the world can they even pretend to represent worldwide democracy?
Does anyone know how many UN representatives are appointed by governments who are in place without any sort of voting by the citizens/subjects?